]]>http://www.wynwileyphotoblog.com/2014/12/12/nick-portraits/feed/0MEGAN | BRANDINGhttp://www.wynwileyphotoblog.com/2014/08/07/megan-branding/
http://www.wynwileyphotoblog.com/2014/08/07/megan-branding/#commentsThu, 07 Aug 2014 06:43:14 +0000http://www.wynwileyphotoblog.com/?p=19323i’m really excited to share that my first branding project for tiler is complete and her website went LIVE today! we’ve been working for the past two months to shoot a custom set of portraits of megan, hone in on her brand, and make her website represent the rad person she is!

]]>http://www.wynwileyphotoblog.com/2014/08/07/megan-branding/feed/0THERE’S A SECREThttp://www.wynwileyphotoblog.com/2014/07/28/theres-a-secret/
http://www.wynwileyphotoblog.com/2014/07/28/theres-a-secret/#commentsMon, 28 Jul 2014 20:23:55 +0000http://www.wynwileyphotoblog.com/?p=19249“there’s a secret that real writers know that wannabe writers don’t, and the secret is this: It’s not the writing part that’s hard. what’s hard is sitting down to write.” // it would be my biggest dream come true to see each of you follow your passions- follow that idea that’s been silently churning in the back of your head- that idea that catches you when you’re driving alone late at night and wondering ‘what if’?. to give time to those dreams and that potential to take a break from the life you’re living and give the unlived life within you a chance to grow. to fight the resistance. to fight for what matters to you. there’s so much power in starting something stupid.

]]>http://www.wynwileyphotoblog.com/2014/07/28/theres-a-secret/feed/1MARY KAY | BRAND & CAMPAIGNhttp://www.wynwileyphotoblog.com/2014/06/23/mary-kay-brand-campaign/
http://www.wynwileyphotoblog.com/2014/06/23/mary-kay-brand-campaign/#commentsMon, 23 Jun 2014 23:41:25 +0000http://www.wynwileyphotoblog.com/?p=18615in my last semester of college i worked with an incredible group of advertising, marketing and graphic design majors to create an advertising campaign for mary kay cosmetics and competed with it in the national student advertising competition. we made it to nationals with this work and it was an amazing way to end my college career.

now here go the HUGE round of thanks. thanks to mary kay for having us. a big thanks to nora murphy from i?s salon for the incredible hair and make-up and to the incredible models emily solo, taylyn watson, amelia barrett, and tashinga muchegwa. a massive thanks to all the talented people that i created this work with. and the biggest thanks to our professors and advisors mike goff and rich bailey. yeah yeah yeah!

“what if the internet went silent? what if there were no likes? would it change the photos you took? would it change what you posted on social media? what if the only way your grandkids could remember you and get to know you was through looking at your instagram or blog? what would you post then?”

i heard my friend sidney say this in a workshop last month and it’s completely changed my views on social media & what i post. i used to only whip out my camera for a photo when life was picture perfect & i used to only post the most shimmery shiny perfect moments of my life. but then i asked myself- what’s the point? don’t get my wrong here- of course those photos are great but there’s SO much more life out there to capture, share and be remembered. i mean hey, for me, some of the most meaningful moments i want to remember are the blurry photos i take on a tuesday night with my friends at midnight hanging out on their front porch eating mcdonalds.

so what are you doing? are you only posting a photo when life is pretty or perfect or #indie? or are you posting the things you want to remember about your day? for myself, i’m going to try to use instagram as a little journal of my life. i’m going to ask myself- what is the moment or two that i want to remember about today? & then take a photo to remember that moment. so from here on out you’re probably going to start seeing some different stuff here on my instagram. my photos will probably be less “epic” and i wont be on a cliff of a mountain or on a beach in every post but my photos will be a little bit more happy and a little more real. that’s the stuff i want to remember.

]]>http://www.wynwileyphotoblog.com/2014/04/02/a-little-more-real/feed/4HANNA | BRANDINGhttp://www.wynwileyphotoblog.com/2014/02/04/hanna-branding/
http://www.wynwileyphotoblog.com/2014/02/04/hanna-branding/#commentsTue, 04 Feb 2014 07:57:59 +0000http://www.wynwileyphotoblog.com/?p=16840i’ve been loving doing branding projects for a few of my best friends lately! basically it’s one giant excuse that lets me shoot my friends’ senior pictures (in college). this is hanna and i love this girl dearly. i’m so stoked for her to get out into the advertising world and kill it. her website just went live this weekend and we’ve been working for the past month or so to shoot a custom set of portraits, hone in and define her brand, and create a custom website that shows her off! check it out at hannajenkins.com

]]>http://www.wynwileyphotoblog.com/2013/12/25/meowy-christmas/feed/121 IN 21http://www.wynwileyphotoblog.com/2013/11/30/21-in-21/
http://www.wynwileyphotoblog.com/2013/11/30/21-in-21/#commentsSat, 30 Nov 2013 22:59:33 +0000http://www.wynwileyphotoblog.com/?p=15303i’ve made one of these lists annually for the past few years.

i’ve lived 21 years and here are 21 things i’ve learned.

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-try to live your life with less plans. less plans = less expectations = more opportunities for new things = more fun.

-greek. yogurt. is. so. good.

-be someone you’d like to meet.

-people are just people, they shouldn’t make you nervous.

-a person is the summary of the 10 people they choose to spend the most time with.

-an aux cord on a road trip is a complete game changer.

-people’s birthdays are important- spend time with them on their birthday.

-when you meet someone for the first time, realize that you know nothing about them. you see race, gender, age, clothes. forget it. you know nothing. those biased assumptions that pop into your head because of the way your brain likes categories, are limiting your life, and others’ lives.

-double the battery life of your phone by putting the damn thing down once in a while.

-stuff is just stuff. hoard time instead.

-share.

-even when you’re looking out for other people, remember to look out for yourself.

-”stop. collaborate and listen”- vanilla ice.

-you will never look like the girl in the magazine. the girl in the magazine doesn’t even look like the girl in the magazine.

-you should probably just do what you want.

-hurt people hurt people.

-use candy bars as forks and-or spoons.

-if the cat isn’t looking at you, the cat isn’t listening.

-looking at life through the lens of fear and cynicism does no good but seeing life through the lens of hope and potential takes us to places we can only dream of.

-make it look like you did it on purpose.

-do everything in your power to make everyone’s lives better. the only goal we can ever really have as a species is equality of happiness.